Nokia 1112 PAYG £7.98 (£22.98 delivered, includes £15 airtime)

The Lifestylerewards section of Virgin Mobile has been updated (again!); at least we don't seem to have to load and re-load dozens of times to get it to work these days. Go to:

http://www.virginmobile.com/lifestylerewards

note the code number, and then click "Go Shopping". Click on the PAYG picture, and view all phones. They've got the Nokia 1112, the Siemens AX72 (wouldn't have it as a gift, personally, and it seems to be impossible to use with other networks) and the Sony Ericsson J100I; all at £24.99, including £15 of airtime. Place in basket, apply code that they gave you on the first page (this is not, by the way, a discount code offer - it's Virgin's way of getting people into their site), and including delivery of £2.99, it drops to £22.98 - including the £15 airtime.

The 1112 does everything I personally want in a phone. I can use it to ring people - and they can use it to ring me. Apparently, it even does something called "texting". All very exciting ;-) You still can't connect this one to your PC - my only grouse with it.

I believe it can be made even cheaper by using something called "Quidco", as well. (Bah humbug - never had it in my day. Bring back the cat, I say.)

Tim